AS A POLICE OFFICER. ORTIZ FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED. MOTHER IS ACCUSED OF LEAVING HER BABY ALONE IN A RUNNING CAR WHILE SHE RAN IN THE LIQUOR STORE SHE JOINS US LIVE IN LEESBURG WITH THE ALLEGATION, AMANDA SO. -- I AM IN THE PARKING LOT IN LEESBURG WHERE 34-YEAR-OLD SHANNON MIXER OF UMATILA LET HER 1-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ALONE IN HER CAR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR A WELL TO TOTAL OF 20 MINUTES, SHE WAS CHARGED WITH CHIEBZ AND POLICE SAY THAT A WITNESS WHO WAS PARKED NEXT TO HER OBSERVED THE LITTLE GIRL LEFT ALONE IN THE CAR IN 20 MINUTES IN THE SEVERING AFTERNOON HEAT. THE CAR'S ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE AIR-CONDITIONER WAS ON BUT OFFICERS SAY IT WAS NOT COOLING THE CAR PROPERLY AND THE CHILD WAS HOT AND SWEATY, ACCORDING TO THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT WHEN ASKED ABOUT LEAVING HER DAUGHTER INSIDE THE CAR SHE TOLD POLICE "I WANTED TO GO GET ME SOME LIQUOR SO I WENT TO L. J.'S AND SHE, THE CHILD WAS SLEEP SO I RAN IN. GLFS THERE TWO OR THREE MINUTE, RAN BACK OUT THE CHECK ON HER, SHE WAS FINE SO I RAN INTO PUBLIX FOR CIGARETTES. SHE ALSO TOLD POLICE THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE'S DONE THIS SHE SAYS SHE'S LEFT HER DAUGHTER AM LOAN IN THE CAR WITH THE AIR-CONDITIONER CAR RUNG AT LEAST SIX TIMES BEFORE, BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM, FLORIDA LAW SAYS IT IS ILLEGAL TO LEAVE CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF SIX ALONE IN A DAR QUAR THE ENGINE RUNNING IF THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING A CHILD CAN'T BE LEFT ALONE FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES OR IN ANY SITUATION THAT MIGHT PUT THEIR HEALTH IN DANGER.